E Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be, Places of business that used to keep dayt

E

SundayismorelikeMondaythanitusedtobe,Placesofbusinessthatusedtokeepdaytime“businesshours”arenowopenlateintothenight.AndontheInternet,thehourofthedayandthedayoftheweekhavebecomeirrelevant(不相关的).AhalfcenturyagointheUnitedStates,mostpeopleexperiencedstr ongandprecisedividinglinesbetweendaysofrestanddaysofwork,schooltimeandsummertime.Todaytheboundariesstillexist,buttheyseemnotclear.

ThelawinalmostallstatesusedtorequirestorestocloseonSunday;inmost,itnolongerdoes,Itusedtokeeptheschoolsopeninallseasonsexceptsummer,inmost,itstilldoes.Andwhethertheworkweekshouldstr engthenitslegallimits,orwhetheritshouldbecomemore“flexible,”isoftendebated.Howshouldwe,asasociety,organizeourtime?Shouldwegoevenfurtherinrelaxingtheboundariesoftimeuntilweliveinaworldinwhicheveryminuteismuchlikeeveryother?

Thesearenoteasyquestionseventoask.Partofthedifficultyisthatwerarelyrecognizethe“lawoftime”evenwhenwemeetitfacetoface.Weknowaschildrenthatwehavetoattendschoolacertainnumberofhours,acertainnumberofdays,acertainnumberofyears–butunlesswemeetthetr uantofficer(学监),wemaywellthinkthatweshouldgotoschoolduetosocialcustomandparents’demandratherthantothelaw.Asadultswearefamiliarwith“extr apayforovertimeworking,”butlessfamiliarwiththefactthatwhatconstitutes(构成)“overtime”isamatteroflegaldefinition.Whenweturntheclockforwardtostartd aylight–savingtime,haveweeverthoughttoourselves:“Hereisthelawinaction”?Asweshallsee,thereisalotoflawthathasgreatinfluenceonhoworganizeandusetime:compulsoryeducationlaw,overtimelaw,anddaylight–savinglaw-aswellaslawaboutSundayclosing,holidays,beinglatetowork,timezones,andsoon.oncewebegintolookforit,wewillhavenotr oublefindingalawoftimetoexamineandassess.

67.Bysaying”SundayismorelikeMondaythanitusedtobe,”thewritermeansthat__________.

A.worktimeisequaltoresttime

B.manypeoplehaveadayoffonMonday,

C.itishardforpeopletodecidewhentorest

D.thelinebetweenworktimeandresttimeisunclear